More than one year after he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, Lance Armstrong's trophy case got a little smaller this week.
The 41-year-old Armstrong tweeted Thursday that he had sent his 2000 Olympic bronze medal to the United States Olympic Committee.
The 2000 Bronze is back in possession of @usolympics and will be in Switzerland asap to @olympics. http://t.co/IxwLy4KD1f
— Lance Armstrong (@lancearmstrong) September 12, 2013
Patrick Sandusky of the USOC confirmed that the organization received the medal:
I can confirm that The United States Olympic Committee has received the bronze medal awarded to Lance (cont) http://t.co/G6uJJXJ115
— Patrick Sandusky (@PatrickSandusky) September 12, 2013
For those asking how we received medal from Lance Armstrong, @USOlympic CEO Scott Blackmun was handed the medal by Mark Higgins at DFW today
— Patrick Sandusky (@PatrickSandusky) September 12, 2013
Armstrong, who acknowledged doping during his career in an interview with Oprah Winfrey in January, was officially stripped of the medal by the International Olympic Committee earlier this year.
